running.COACH vs Ballpark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
running.COACH
Generate a personalized, dynamic running training plan for any runner, from beginner to pro. Adapt your workouts based on progress and choose your training goals. Connect with coaches and sync data from popular fitness trackers.
- Individualized training plans
- Dynamic plan adaptation
- Training by pace, heart rate, or power
- Chat with a personal coach
- Data sync with Garmin, Strava, Fitbit
- GPS tracking and voice feedback
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Individual and dynamic running training plan for runners of any level. The individual and dynamic training plan running app from running.COACH is your personal coach! No matter if you are a running beginner or a running pro, if you run a marathon, half marathon or any distance from 5000m to an ultra marathon. Do it like 150'000 other runners all over the world and join the running.COACH running community. "running.COACH" is the first running app that generates a personal running training plan that is tailored to you and your needs and dynamically adapts accordingly. You benefit from the experience of European champion Viktor Röthlin and world-class endurance athlete Mathias Kyburz. FEATURES OF YOUR RUNNING TRAINING PLAN - Individual training plan tailored to you. Workouts are analyzed by the system and adapted to reflect your progress as needed. - Choose your training days, your training goal (start running, general fitness or a target race) and your preparation races, if applicable. The plan is then personalized to you around your specifications. - Training according to pace, heart rate or power specifications (watts) - If needed: Special mountain running plans - Chat with your personal coach - Synchronization of training data from Garmin, Polar, Suunto, Strava, Fitbit etc. - Videos on strengthening, stabilization and fitness exercises COMPATIBLE DEVICES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF WORKOUTS - Connect your account to other running platforms to automatically submit your workouts to running.COACH - Compatible with Garmin, Polar, Suunto, Strava, runkeeper, Fitbit, etc. SPORT & FITNESS TRACKER - Record your runs with the app - VoiceOver: Voice inputs from a coach during your workout with information about pace, duration, distance and lap times - and a few light-hearted sayings - Your smartphone becomes a GPS device This app integrates with the Health app. Running.COACH terms of use: https://runningcoach.me/en/pages/terms
Ballpark
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Ballpark makes calorie and macro tracking simple, flexible, and practical. Describe what you ate in your own words, add a photo, or use your voice—and Ballpark AI creates an estimated meal entry for you to review and adjust. Prefer full control? Manual tracking is always available for free. FEATURES • Track calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat • Log meals using natural-language descriptions • Add meal photos or nutrition labels for additional context • Refine estimates with voice or written clarifications • Review and edit every estimate before saving • Set personalized calorie and macro targets • Save favorite meals and quickly reuse recent entries • View weekly, monthly, six-month, and yearly trends • Mark incomplete tracking days for more meaningful averages • Optionally sync weight from Apple Health for local trends • Set meal reminders • Export your data and create local backups • Choose between metric and imperial units • Available in English and German BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Nutrition tracking does not need to be perfectly precise to be useful. Ballpark focuses on reasonable estimates, clear assumptions, and easy corrections—helping you stay consistent without turning every meal into a calculation exercise. PRIVACY AND CONTROL Your meal data is stored locally on your device. You decide whether to use AI processing, photos, voice features, or Apple Health integration. Apple Health weight data is read-only and remains stored locally in Ballpark. BALLPARK AI Manual meal tracking, history, trends, exports, and access to your existing data remain available without a subscription. Ballpark AI requires an auto-renewable subscription and adds AI-powered meal estimates, photo logging, and voice refinement. Estimates are approximate and should be reviewed before saving. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: running.COACH at 3 against Ballpark's 1. running.COACH also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. running.COACH sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $16.99 per month and Ballpark sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | running.COACH | Ballpark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quevita AG | NICK BURRI |
In-app purchases
running.COACH
- running.COACH Bronze$16.991 Month
- running.COACH Bronze Yearly$179.991 Year
Ballpark
- Ballpark AI7 Days trial$1.991 Month









